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for-cirran

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
for-cirran, p. de.
Take here for-cyrran in Dict., and add:
to turn (intrans.) aside from, get out of the way of, avoid
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  • Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ,

    • Lch. i. 318, 23
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  • Barbarismum hig forbúgað, and eác barbara lexin hig forcyrrað,

    • Angl. viii. 313, 19
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  • Hý wǽron mid strǽlum scotode, ac ðá strǽlas forcyrdon hý and slógon ðá hǽðnan,

    • Shrn. 135, 29
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  • Hí eft ne cyrdon tó ðan cyninge, ac þurh óðerne weg hine forcyrdon,

    • Hml. Th. i. 78, 30
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  • Gif hé ágiémeleásað ðæt hé ðá lytlan hreówsige and hwílum forcierre

    qui peccata minima flere ac devitare negligit,

    • Past. 437, 22
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to turn (trans.) aside
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  • For hwon onsiéne ðíne ðú forcerrest

    (avertis)?,

    • Ps. Srt. 43, 24
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  • Hé forcerreð

    (avertit)

    heftnéd folces his,

    • 52, 7
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    • 13, 11
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  • Ðú forcerdes úsic on bec

    avertisti nos retrorsum,

    • 43, 11
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to turn in a wrong direction, pervert, subvert
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  • Ðú bist forcerred

    subverteris,

    • Ps. Srt. 17, 27
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  • Cneóris forcerredu

    natio perversa,

    • ii. p. 191, 40
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  • Ingeþanc wóh and forcyrred (-cerred, v. l.)

    intentio perversa,

    • Gr. D. 76, 11.

  • Mid heora þám forcyrdan (-cerdan, forhwyrfedum) cræfte,

    • 73, 32.
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v.  for-búgan for-cyrran.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-cirran.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/45436.

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